The market façade with the highly sophisticated Brick Gothic of the lucarnes has been preserved and partly restored in its medieval shape.

It is documented that between 1303 and 1410, the council met in the city's theatre, in the market yard, and at the court arbour.

When the old town hall was slated to be demolished at the end of the 19th century, a citizens' initiative was formed and the building was ultimately spared.

In the 1880s, the town hall complex received a new street front due to construction of the Karmarschstraße.

The air raids on Hanover led to the partial destruction of the building complex in 1943, especially its oldest parts.